Brassiere



April 1954 E. POPP BRASSIERE Filed y 5, 1952 2 ets-sheet 1 E. POPPBRASSIERE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 5, 1952 W ff- Patented Apr. Q,1954 N. Y., assign'or to Ben- Jamm & Johnes, Incorporated, Newark, N.3.,

a corporation of New J ersey Application July 5, 1952, Serial No.297,282 2 Claims. (01. 2-42i V and to render the appearance of thedroopy bustline more flattering.

It is an object of side of the bust line.

It is another object of my invention to proyide a novel and improvedform of brassiere of this character having the exterior thereof eitheracross the fullest part of the breasts or around their perimeter.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent as thecourse of the specification progresses.

To attain the objects and advantages of my invention I provide bottomportion of each cup. The breast supporting pads also serve to preventlower portions of the breasts from dropping below the cup and beingpinched in the lower band of the brassiere.

The breast supporting pad in each cup is secured to the cup on theinside thereof only around the lower margin of the cup, and along a linecentrally located in the lower portion of the cup and extending from theapex of the breasts without wrinkling and ridges are virtuallyeliminated on the outside of the cups either across the full-est part ofthe breasts or around their perimeter.

I shall describe one form of my invention and point out the novelfeatures thereof in claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is an outer perspective view of a brassire incorporating thefeatures of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an inner perspective view of the brassiere of Fig. 2;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig.1 showing the supporting pads in position on the breast;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the plane of the line filfi ofFig. 1 showing the supporting pads in position on the breast;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the interior of a breast cup showing thebreast supporting pad secured therein and the manner of securing the padto the cup;

Fig. 6 is a plan the manner of its construction;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of one layer of padding material such layer beingsubstantially smaller in dimensions than the other layer to which it issecured in the assembled pad.

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention illustrated inthe drawings, the brassiere may be in general of any desired formincluding a body encircling band I having straps 2 and '3 attachedthereto and carrying breast receiving cups 4 and 5.

The breast receiving cups are approximately conical in form and. aresecured to body encircling band I. Secured within the lower portions ofbreast receiving cups 4 and 5 in a manner hereinafter noted are breastsupporting pads and 9 respectively. When the brassiere is positioned ona wearer and the shoulder straps tightened, pads 8 and 9 act as liftingagents raising the sagged breasts to more flattering positions. Thebreasts are forced up causing the natural flesh at the top of thebreasts to round out the upper portion of the bustline while the lowerportion of the bustline is rounded out by the padding itself.

The breast supporting pads are secured to the inside of the breast cupsand extend from the apex of the cup to the margin, each pad beingsufiicient in size to give substantial support to the underside of thebreast of the wearer. Obviously however the actual size of the breastview of the breast pad showing secured and the body encircling band maybe varied as desired to accommodate figures of various dimensions.

the corresponding marginal areas It and I! of pad 9 are however free ofthe breast receiving cups thus permitting the pads to conform to thecontour of the busts without wrinkling or bunching.

Pads 8 and 9 are identical in construction each being formed fromapproximately triangular layers l8 and IQ of a padding material such asfoam rubber, and opposed sheets 20 and 2| of a fabric such as silk whichare stitched in marginal areas to enclose the padding material. Thefirst layer l9 approximately corresponds in size and shape to the lowerportion of the cup. Layer I8 is of substantially smaller dimensions thanlayer l9 and is secured to layer IS in a more or less central zonethereof by stitching along marginal edges 22 and 23, all margins of thelayer 18 being spaced from and inside the margins of the layer l9 asbest shown in Figure 6. A double layer of padding material is thusprovided in the central areas of the lower portions of the breastreceiving cups to provide the greatest lift and support to the breastswhere most needed.

With the pad construction noted lower layer I9 extends beyond upperlayer l8.- When securing the breast supporting pads to marginal portionsIn and H of the breast cups it is therefore only necessary to extend therequisite stitching through a single layer of padding material l9.Because of this method of securing the pads to the breast receiving cupson the inside thereof through but a single layer of padding material,ridges around the perimeter of the cups on the outside thereof arepractically non-existent. The possibility of ridges appearing in thecups across the fullest part of the breast due to the pads is alsovirtually nonexistent due to the fact that the marginal areas 14 and I5of pad 8 and ginal areas of i6 and ll of pad 9 are entirely free of thecups, there being no stitching of the pads to the cups in these areas tocreate such ridges.

the corresponding ma Although I have herein shown and described only oneform of brassiere embodying the features of my invention, it is to beunderstood that various changes and modifications may be made thereinwithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

l. A brassiere comprising a body encircling portion and a pair of breastcups, each of said cups having a pad secured within the lower portionthereof, each of said pads comprising two approximately triangularlayers of resilient padding material, the first layer approximatelycorresponding in size and shape to the lower portion of the cup andextending from the lower margin of the cup to the apex of the cup andthe second layer being smaller than the first layer and beingapproximately centrally disposed on the first layer and secured theretoalong its margins that extend from the margin of the cup toward the apexof the cup, all margins of the second layer being spaced from and insidethe margins of the first layer, the pads being secured along the insidelower margins of the corresponding cup by stitches through said firstlayer of padding material, the pads being free of the cup in othermarginal areas of the pads.

2. A brassiere as defined in claim 1 with the addition of a line ofstitches securing each pad to the corresponding cup along a lineextending substantially from the apex of the cup centrally of the widthof the pad to the lower margin of the cup.

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